It was a habit that wasn’t serving me, drained me of energy and creativity, and made me an irritable unhappy human being — It wasn’t a poetic realization that you see in movies: awakening in a pile of empty wine bottles, head spinning, makeup caked around my eyes, and a foggy memory of what led me to that dignified state (although that scene may have played out at some point — who can…

Being in the Bay Area, I see a lot of trends take off earlier than in other regions of the country, both in and out of the workplace. …